Desperate

Instagram has grown to be one of the most popular apps globally over the years, but a new study claims that Americans are desperate to delete it off of their devices. Suggesting its popularity within the country may be waning a bit. According to the study, which was conducted by VPNpro, Instagram overtakes all other apps in a single specific area. Apparently, it has a higher search volume with regards to deleting or deactivating than any other app. It should be noted that the study only mentions US users. Furthermore, it…

“Is this Olivia?”Five months into the COVID-19 shutdown, at 9 a.m. on a Thursday, I got my first “Ex Text.” Except I don’t have any exes. I’ve never been in a long-term relationship.Alas, it was mid-July, and I hadn’t had any romantic contact with anyone of the opposite sex since March 15, 2020, the day the restaurant I worked at shut down and a guy I thought I liked showed up to eat in my section.The name popped up across my minuscule iPhone 6 screen: Jack.No last name.Instantly my heart stopped racing. Disappointed, I…

A bunch of mid-range graphics cards fresh out the gate are already seeing hefty price cuts in an apparent bid to drum up interest, from Nvidia’s RTX 4060 Ti and RTX 4060 to AMD’s RX 7600. It’s not a good look, and comes just as Nvidia is allegedly preparing to launch a new version of the 4060 Ti. The news was spotted by VideoCardz, where the authors noticed that Spanish retailer Coolmod had slashed the prices of several GPUs by significant margins. Jacob Roach / Digital Trends The RTX 4060, for example was listed…

Photo via Marvel Studios The MCU has found itself on unexpectedly shaky ground in 2023. The year began with the distinctly underwhelming Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, whose release was shortly followed by Jonathan Majors’ arrest in New York. Things picked up with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, though even that failed to join the billion-dollar club as expected. Then came the Writers’ Strike, which resulted in delays to the entire Marvel Studios slate. So it’s understandable that some fans are asking for…

Posted in: Comics, DC Comics, Preview | Tagged: Comics, dc, previews, supermanSpeeding Bullets comes to a dramatic end but not before cramming unlikely team-ups & mystery origin reveals in Action Comics #1056. Buckle up!Published Sat, 24 Jun 2023 13:26:11 -0500 by Jude Terror | Well, folks, here we are for another thrilling week of comics, and it wouldn't be complete without mentioning the upcoming Action Comics #1056 hitting the stores on Tuesday, June 27th. Gather around for the story of the century – we've got…

The US Coast Guard said late Monday that its search for a missing submersible vessel near the Titanic wreck had been completed for the day, but that a national guard unit and the company operating the five-passenger underwater mission would continue scouring the surface overnight.The 21-foot (6.5-meter) craft, operated by OceanGate Expeditions, began its descent on Sunday but lost contact with the surface less than two hours later, according to authorities.The US Coast Guard said it had launched two planes to survey the…

Film: The Desperate Riders ( Lionsgate Play release)Cast: Drew Waters, Vanessa Evigan, Sam Ashby, Tom Berenger, Victoria PrattDirector: Michael FeiferRating: 1.5/5Runtime: 90 mins Scripted by Lee Martin and directed by Michael Feifer this attempted Western has little to offer other than generics for the genre fans. The story is rudimentary - seems like a fake reason to get the actors into Western gear of a time and place long forgotten. Don’t know what Tom Berenger was thinking when he took this role on - of a…

Eva Longoria Says “I Used Desperate Housewives As My Film School” (Photo Credit: Bang Showbiz) Eva Longoria used her time on ‘Desperate Housewives’ as an education. The 48-year-old actress had been featured in few small roles on TV and enjoyed a two-year stint on daytime soap opera ‘The Young and the Restless’. She landed the role of Gabrielle Solis on the comedy-drama series in 2004 and explained that because the show was high in budget, she was able to observe behind the scenes in the years before she eventually…

Looking at Google's Pixel Fold and wishing that Apple would make its own iPhone bend in the middle? That isn't going to happen any time soon it seems, but Google is making it extremely tempting to jump ship and get that Pixel Fold instead of waiting.Trading in your old iPhone for a brand-new Pixel Fold could be the way to go if you're keen to see what all the fuss is about, it seems. Google is offering some big trade-in values if you're carrying around a flagship iPhone — and it's paying so much that even the Pixel…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeAfter decades of working with the acclaimed British-American filmmaker Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy finally has his first lead part.The Peaky Blinders star plays J Robert Oppenheimer – often described as the father of the atomic bomb – in Nolan’s next blockbuster, Oppenheimer.Murphy has a longstanding relationship with the director, having starred in his three Batman films,…